Globalization Gravely Transforms Us: Here Is How

Globalization reforms relations between women and men, adults and children, people of different cultures, and those with varying levels of technological competence. Those who view globalization as a beneficial social system state …

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What is freedom in Philosophy? Read the Philosophers’ Definitions

There may be those who deny the existence of free will in the ordinary common sense usage, but everyone seems to be in basic agreement that there exists an idea of freedom. Various philosophers define and explain this freedom in different but interrelated ways …

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Examples of Interesting Debate Topics: Classic and Recent Issues

Some of these topics are classic or timelessly divisive issues while others are recent subject matters. Arguments for and against the issues and other pertinent information serving as background, primer, or teaser for the topics are also provided to help the debate professors and students in debate classes.

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Debate Proposition and Debate Issues: Philippine Context

DEBATE PROPOSITION necessarily involves an “issue” or that which is the subject of concern or the central topic in a debate. For instance, in the proposition “Resolved that Death Penalty should be legalized,” the debate issue is evidently ‘death penalty’ or ‘capital punishment’ …

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Ang Katolisismo at ang Same-sex Marriage

Ang mga obispong Katoliko ay nagpahayag ng pag-aalala tungkol sa iminungkahing legalisasyon upang payagan ang kasal sa parehong kasarian sa Pilipinas. “Hindi ibig sabihin na dahil lang sa ang ibang mga bansa ay mayroong same-sex marriage, ay dapat na rin tayong sumunod,” sabi ni Arsobispo Ramon Arguelles ng Lipa.

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Mga Huwarang Babae sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

May mga patunay na kahit noon pa, may mga Filipina na hindi nagkasya na maging taong bahay lamang, kundi nag-ambag din ng ibang uri ng kontribusyon sa lipunan.

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The Big One sa Pilipinas: Paano Maghahanda

Ang sinasabing “Big One,” na pinaghahandaan sa Pilipinas, ay ang posibleng napakalakas na lindol na idudulot ng West Valley Fault sa silangang bahagi ng Metro Manila. Ang fault line ay biyak (break or fracture) bunga ng paggalaw ng tectonic plates ng mundo, kung kaya’t ito ay lugar kung saan inaasahan ang pagkakaroon ng lindol. Ang West Valley Fault ay mula sa taas ng Sierra Madre pababa ng Laguna.

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Sex Education: Angkop ba sa Pilipinas?

Bagama’t maraming tila kontra sa pagsasakatuparan ng sex education sa Pilipinas, narito naman ang mga dahilan ng mga nagsusulong ng pagkakaroon nito sa bansa …

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Forms of Education in the Philippines: Formal, Non-formal, Informal, and other Forms of Education

Formal education is normally divided into stages such as preschool, primary school, secondary school, and then tertiary school … Is K-12 effective in the Philippines?

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Divorce Bill in the Philippines: Are you in favor or not?

There are bills that propose the legalization of divorce in the Philippines. The question is: Is divorce reasonable and practicable in the Philippine setting?

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